Turkey Sets Sights on Better Planned, Forward-Looking and Sustainable Cities
Turkey takes a step forward today to make its cities more sustainable, inclusive and well-planned, with a focus on adopting integrated and long-term approaches...
Promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial production at the Zenata Eco-City
The Zenata Development Company (SAZ) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are joining forces to ensure the sustainability of the Zenata industrial...
Africa Loses Billions of Dollars Due to Child Marriage
Child marriage will cost African countries tens of billions of dollars in lost earnings and human capital, says a new World Bank report launched...
Making space for pedestrians and cyclists in Zambian cities
Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is home to over 16 million people. It is one of the most urbanized countries on continent,...
Culture – the “X Factor” for Building Back Better after Conflict and Disasters
Culture is the foundation upon which cities are built. Cities are not just a collection of buildings but are people, their stories, and how...
Cleaner Lakes Mean a Healthier Environment for the Residents of Baku
Travelling to or from Baku by airplane one is likely to see from the air dozens of small lakes scattered across the surrounding Absheron...
Kashmir’s plural ethos and communal harmony
Peace is the foundation of prosperity among the nation states of the world and harmony forms the basic foundation of that enterprise.Man is the...
Why Education? How education changed my life
I have a story to tell the world about the importance of education. I was born in a remote village in Madhupurupazilla, under Tangail...
Recognition of Macedonian schism by Constantinople – Threat Remains
After the publication in Macedonian news agency Sloboden Pecat, many believers of Serbian Orthodox Church gave a sigh of relief supposing that the common...
The Jews of Chalkida
“When we returned, we had no bed to sleep, no pots to cook, nor clothes to dress. We went to our house and it...